7 Feb 2019

Trump Invokes God at SOTU, While Pelosi Misquotes Bible
President Trump ranged far and wide in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, referring to the myriad of issues he has dealt with in the first half of his presidency but in a manner similar to many of his other landmark speeches, the president invoked the name of God six times. This topped his inaugural address in which he invoked God’s name five times. Nancy Pelosi frequently quotes what she claimed was her favorite verse in the Bible. In an Earth Day press release, she wrote, “The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, ‘To minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.” She has reportedly quoted the false passage at least 11 times from the House floor since 2002, according to the Congressional Record. As most BIN readers probably know, these words do not actually appear in the Bible. When called out for her error, Pelosi remained unrepentant.

Russia’s Witches Back Vladimir Putin With Magic, but U.S. Spell Casters Turned Against Donald Trump
An organization known as the Empire of the Strongest Witches held a “circle of power” session Tuesday to offer their backing for the longtime Russian leader. A group comprising mostly of women clad in black robes could be seen in video footage shared by Reuters as they lined along the walls of a room and self-proclaimed leader Alyona Polyn stood in the center reciting spells and ringing bells in hopes of bringing Putin success and the nation.

Northern California’s Cascadia Subduction Zone Hit by 11 Earthquakes Over Weekend
Over the weekend, nearly a dozen earthquakes struck within a relatively small region just off the coast of Northern California, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). … the area where the earthquakes struck is particularly geologically active because it is located near what’s known as the “Mendocino Triple Junction,” which is the intersection between three tectonic plates—the North American plate, the Pacific plate and the Gorda plate.

Bacteria found to sacrifice themselves to protect the colony from antibiotics
For such simple organisms, bacteria are surprisingly crafty when it comes to defending themselves from antibiotics. They build biofilms to protect colonies, hibernate until the danger passes, and of course they’re steadily evolving genetic resistance to our best drugs. Now researchers at Princeton and California State University-Northridge have discovered a new bacterial defense mechanism, where dying bugs will “hoard” antibiotics to allow their neighbors to grow unharmed.

CRISPR-CasX could be the next small gene-editing enzyme
The Cas9 protein has proven effective over the last few years, but alternatives, such as Cas12a and Cas12b, are quickly emerging. Now, researchers at UC Berkeley have tested a new candidate, CasX, which seems to have a few advantages of its own.

Ancient glacial landscape unexpectedly found in African desert
Drumlins are a distinct type of hill, where the ground rises fairly steeply at one side and then tapers off in a more gentle slope down the other end. These formations are usually found in places you’d probably expect to have once been covered in glaciers – they’re common in Canada and the northern states of the US, as well as England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Finland and Greenland. That makes the newly discovered drumlins in Namibia unusual.

Three more Eastern Washington sheriffs say they won’t enforce gun control initiative
Three more Eastern Washington sheriffs said Monday they will not enforce a state gun-control law that voters passed in November. The sheriffs in Grant, Lincoln and Okanogan counties joined at least seven other county sheriffs who previously pledged to ignore Initiative 1639, which adds requirements on gun storage and background checks and raises the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic assault rifles.

Hammer and pickle: Vietnam-style reform would mean big changes for North Korea
Vietnamese reforms have seen per capita GDP soar almost five-fold since 1986 and kept Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party, which tolerates little dissent, firmly in power. But it has necessitated political change and levels of individual freedoms that would require major reforms in North Korea, where Kim Jong Un exercises almost total control and is revered by state propaganda as a living deity.

Diplomats: U.S. blocks U.N. statement on Hebron monitors
The United States blocked a draft United Nations Security Council statement on Wednesday that would have expressed regret at Israel’s decision to eject a foreign observer force from the flashpoint Palestinian city of Hebron, diplomats said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week he would not renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), accusing the observers of anti-Israel activity.

Lebanon appoints first-ever female in charge of security in Arab world
Lebanon named a woman, Raya El-Hassan, as the first-ever female in charge of security in the Arab World on Wednesday. Hassan was appointed as the interior minister after a nine-month government deadlock. “Proud of Lebanese women, proud of the four female ministers in the government, proud of the first woman interior minister in the Arab world, proud of the future, proud of Lebanon,” Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri tweeted on Friday.

Iran fails to launch second satellite – report
Iran has failed its second attempt in recent weeks to launch a satellite into space, according to images released by two separate specialized spage imaging companies. On Thursday morning, several images released to US media by DigitalGlobe and Planet, which showed blackened scorch marks consistent with a launch or failed launch of a craft, were seen on a launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province.

Trump sees total rout of Islamic State group as imminent
US President Donald Trump has said territory held by the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq could be “100%” liberated as early as next week. “It should be announced, probably some time next week, that we will have 100% of the caliphate,” he told a gathering of coalition partners. However, he also cautioned that he wanted to “wait for the official word”.

Pentagon moving 250 active-duty troops to Eagle Pass, Texas, because of migrant caravan
The Pentagon is moving 250 active duty troops to the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, in advance of the arrival of a new caravan of migrants… The move reflects President Donald Trump’s mention of a “human wall,” but comes amid increasing frustration among Pentagon leaders with the continued border requests from Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

Desert floods strike Israel’s south
Heavy rains and thunderstorms struck Israel, mostly its south, in the early hours of Thursday, flooding desert wadis and blocking roads in the Negev and Judean deserts and in the resort city of Eilat. The Nature and Parks Authority closed tourism sites in the south and east, among them Masada and Ein Gedi.

Syria’s Russian-made air defense system appears ready for use
Russian-supplied S-300 anti-aircraft missile system deployed on Syrian soil appear to have become operational, according to satellite images taken by Israeli ImageSat International company and published by Israeli military Wednesday. Three out of four aerial defense batteries were captured in an upright position, while the fourth one remained covered by a net.

Democrats launch 10-year ‘Green New Deal’ for clean energy
Rising Democratic star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Senator Ed Markey on Thursday laid out the goals of a Green New Deal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, setting a high bar for Democrats who plan to make climate change a central issue in the 2020 presidential race.

The Invasion of the US Has BegunThe United States military is simultaneously preparing for two separate actions INSIDE the country. One one hand, the United States is preparing to deal with extreme insurrection, which will be perpetrated through embedded terrorist forces (eg ISIS, al-Qaeda, MS-13, Mexican drug cartels and various other factions associated with the Calexit movement). On the other hand the US is preparing to deal with asymmetric warfare emanating from both South and North of the border.

Justice Department to investigate Jeffrey Epstein plea deal…“Jeffrey Epstein is a child rapist and there’s not a single mom or dad in America who shouldn’t be horrified by the fact that he received a pathetically soft sentence,’’ Sasse said on Wednesday. “The victims of Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring deserve this investigation — and so do the American people and the members of law enforcement who work to put these kinds of monsters behind bars.’’

All the vaccines in the world can’t stop the Los Angeles TYPHUS epidemic that’s exploding due to third-world socialist conditions
…While measles is a viral infection which a strong immune system can fend off, typhus is a bacterial infection which, left untreated, can cause serious complications and results in death in at least 40 percent of cases. There is no vaccine against typhus, which perhaps explains why the media is largely ignoring this story. Ironically, while vaccines have a sketchy track record at best at preventing diseases like measles, typhus can be eliminated easily through simple hygiene practices. And yet it continues to spread across the city of Los Angeles.

Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Comes to DC
An international who’s who of global leaders is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss with the Trump administration next steps to deal a death blow to the ISIS terrorist group and thwart the Iranian regime’s military intervention across the Middle East, according to senior State Department officials.